Test for blood disorder will save taxpayers millions

CORK University Hospital has developed a test for a blood disorder which will save the taxpayer millions of euro, it has emerged.

The development has been hailed as a perfect example of what health service reconfiguration can achieve.

“This is the kind of positive outcome you get when you have key individuals working together to devise a better clinical service,” said Professor John Higgins, the director of reconfiguration for the HSE South.